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Comment author: Will_Newsome 10 October 2013 08:35:04PM *  4 points [-]

Will Newsome is Catholic (?)

I am not now nor have I ever been a member of the Catholic Church. "I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it. No doubt there was much more wisdom that I failed to recognize."

Vladimir_M could perhaps be called a Catholic reactionary, and he's one of the very best contributors to this site. Well, probably ex-contributor now.

Comment author: CarlShulman 28 October 2013 07:27:50AM 1 point [-]

Where did Vladimir_M say he was Catholic?

Comment author: satt 29 October 2013 12:35:51AM 1 point [-]

In the comments to Yvain's salmon post:

Well, legally, I am a Catholic in good standing (I'm baptized, and I've never renounced it nor been excommunicated). In my practices, I am largely lapsed, though I value the heritage, the art, the community, and the folkways a lot. As for beliefs, obviously there is a lot that doesn't stand up to rational scrutiny, though like in any long-standing tradition, many things that may seem irrational or backward are in fact closer to reality than various modern fashionable beliefs.